Probably a stupid question, but I can't get the phone into recovery mode, tried holding down home and power (the house and the rightmost key) continually but the phone just cycles through the HERO logo - looks like its continually restarting as I hold the keys down (held them for about 20 seconds) when I release it just boots normally
Did that again, "flash successful" but no joy in going into recovery mode.
Is my firmware OK?
2.73.405.5 (146733 CL#61267 release keys
Phone is unlocked
i rooted my hero last night and flashed the villain rom and the latest radio..
managed it all without to many probs.. big thanks to all who have taken the time to do writeups on all of this..
im very impressed with the villain rom.. loads of cool new stuff to play with..
bugger htc and there never ending wait for an official rom.. rooted and villain are just fine for me...
thanks again everyone..
simon
p.s. a mate from work has a 3 branded hero... so now hes seen mine running 2.1 hes green with envy.. lol hes a bit of a tecky blackhole... so me and my big mouth said id help him make a gold card so he can root his...
buggery it looks complicated lol....
Hi guys,
Now have to say till date i wasnt aware of what ROOT was and technical stuff like that. but this is the end..So same like many of u guys i was eagerly waiting for the official 2.1 release for my Hero. But now i feel to get out of the shell and try for Custom ROM.
My build number is:2.73.720.5 146733 CL#61267 release-keys.
Please help me out how to root with ths build#.
Thanks in Advance..
i rooted my hero last night and flashed the villain rom and the latest radio..
managed it all without to many probs.. big thanks to all who have taken the time to do writeups on all of this..
im very impressed with the villain rom.. loads of cool new stuff to play with..
bugger htc and there never ending wait for an official rom.. rooted and villain are just fine for me...
thanks again everyone..
simon
p.s. a mate from work has a 3 branded hero... so now hes seen mine running 2.1 hes green with envy.. lol hes a bit of a tecky blackhole... so me and my big mouth said id help him make a gold card so he can root his...
buggery it looks complicated lol....
Hi guys,
Now have to say till date i wasnt aware of what ROOT was and technical stuff like that. but this is the end..So same like many of u guys i was eagerly waiting for the official 2.1 release for my Hero. But now i feel to get out of the shell and try for Custom ROM.
My build number is:2.73.720.5 146733 CL#61267 release-keys.
Please help me out how to root with ths build#.
Thanks in Advance..
Thanks for u rreply.
Does the nandroid backup save my contacts too?
you don't need any apps Google syncs contacts with your Gmail automatically. If you have not already perform a Google search on how to backup contacts to Gmail. do not buy any contact backup apps. nandroid doesn't backup contactsThanks for u rreply.
Does the nandroid backup save my contacts too?
I BELIEVE SO............ IF NOT AND YOU DON'T MIND PAYING $0.99 THEN DOWNLOAD THE iCSV ADDRESS BOOK; EXCELLENT APP THAT BACKSUP YOUR CONTACTS TO A .csv FILE ON SD CARD AND/OR AS EMAIL, AND RESTORES AFTER FLASHING NEW ROM (OBVIOUSLY REINSTALL OVER MARKET FIRST)
Safe & Easy.
1)Download it.
2)Save it to your SD Card ROOT (not in any folders)
3)Open up a file manager on your phone (Download ASTRO File Manager from the marketplace..if you don't have a file manager..)
4)Find the 'InstantRoot.apk' file.
5)Run it.
6)It will say it's been successful
Now what am confused is wthr we need to copy it in Sdcard inside root folder. as far i can c there is no root folder in sdcard. will there be any?.
and i appreciate ur quick response..thanks dude..
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